Portable coal tipple



-Jue 1,1926.

G.C.SNGER PORTABLE COAAL. TIR-PLE VFilled July 22. 1924 s sheetsqsheet'l` i June l 1926. y 1,586,922

G. c. SINGER 4 PORTABLE COAL TIPPLE Filed July 22. 1924 6 sheets-Sheet wlTNsEs x INVENTOR Grove/- C ATTORNEYS June 1 1926. l l1,586,922

G. C. ISZINGER PORTABLE COAL'TIPPLE n l 'l I WITNESSES Amm -INVENHOR @fw/ef' C. Samen ATTORNEYS june 1 1926.

WITNESSES G. c. SINGER PORTABLE COAL TIPPLE Filed July 22, 1924 e sheets-sheet -5 INVENTOR GroVei' C. SVGe/ t BY/QVW 95. 'y

ATTORNEYS June 1 1926.

PORTABLE GOAL TIPPLE Filed July 22, 1924 6 Sheets-Sheet 6' lNvENToR GI'OVEJ' CUSILGQI'. l

.BY I

ATTORNEYS lernst 141926.#-

' Atippl'es.especially face minmgequipmena In the art of surface 'ng in which jpre'sent invention isused'the dirt and rock 'E 'eaovmi demolition-own amendement portable-geg designed `fo use Vyithsur .lie

This [invention relates 't constituting the overburden lare Astripfd away or removed fronitheto'p of thecoal' bymeans of a` large steam'shovel'andffthe coal isfthen vdugu with a small -i steamof providing the largefand [eX-'y viate the necessity of-the intermediate haul coal ti ple which may `from p ace to place with the surface mining .of the coal from the point at which the sur-' face miningA is beingjca'rried on tothe pointo' Tat which the tipple'is located, thecoalbeing graded or classified at the place where it is mined and beingA directly' loaded into the cars utilized for shipping the same;

A .further Objectis to rovide a portable equipment asthe, mining operationprograsses. i A still further object is to provide a port ablecoal ple of this character and ivi which'the c assiying or grading and the' loading operations yare carried' out continuously and in a novel 'and eiiicient manner.

Other objects and advantages of the invention reside in certain novel features of the construction, combination and arrangef' .Figure l is afragmentary diagrammatic view, partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section, showing a portion of an ment of parts whichl will he hereinafter erence being hadto the. accompanying drawings forming part of this specicatiomand in whichzapparatus embodying the present invention;

'Flgure 1*- is a view similar "to Figure l of an 'adjacent portion of the saine' ap-v' paratus';

- Figure 1." is a view similarto Figures 11. and 2, showingthe're'maining orti n of" the v,apparatus illustrated in and1;V 4

Figure 2 is a fragmentaryj-=perspective view, showing the separate 'compartments Figure '7 -is a view, thereof screen employed e readily moved tipple designated generali more tally described and particolari h pointed out vin the appended Aclainisrre serai in. 727,526.

for thenut and` and the (plyed :for` swinging the boom;

igure 3 isa diagrammatic view in side elevation showing thev manner ocontrol-' Y. ling one of the longitudinally shiftable loading conveyors;

veprs employed or the nut and; slack;

ig lone of the shaker screens; f

of one of the loading conveyors; .j-

s'ection on line 7--7 fof Figure .6;

re-5 isa detailfperspectiv yview off.;

Figure 6 is a detail view in side elevation'.

Flgure` ls a view 'in plan,- Y illustrating the se arate elevators and conf.;y

in .transverse .70

Figure 8 is-a detail pers ective'view the shaker screen emloye in separating;

the nut ,from the slac Figure 9 is asimilar View ofthe shaker@ for separating the egg.-

:from the nut and slack; and;

signed for use with thev usual surface min- Figure 1 0 "is a detail vie'w in transverse v section on line 10-10 of Figure 4. leaterring to the drawings it will be um i derstood that the present mvention is dc .4

ing equipment which 'is -well known to those y l shlled 1n 'the art and needs `no detailed' explanation.. In accordancewith the usual i practice after the overburdenfhasv been removed a snglerailway track 10 is laid on the coal .to be du l0 is Venriployedv poses in general the use of a portable coal at T which may he self propelled or whic may loe-moved. about'in any suitable manner on the track l0, and in conjunction with the tipple B up. .Only the single track` or the reason that it .must4 he shifted about to permit the mining ot all the coal. The present invention-pro tov a number of railway cars, designated/at l1, l2, 13 and 14 being the ordinary' cars,

used for tipping or transporting the coal to the point of use or storage. The portable coal tipple T maynot only be moved Aabout 'en the tracklOduringthe mining o eration in an particular locality but may item one locality to another,A

a so be moved vthereby avoiding the very serious `lossreas well as eliminating intermediate haul the coal 1s aimed-tc.

Sltationary tipple, '1110i inai'ter more fully described.

The portable coal tipple T which constitutes the present invention comprises a Wheeled platform 16 which may take the form of an ordinary railway car and which runs on the track 10. On one end of the platform 16 a power plant 17 is arranged and may utilize a steam boiler and an engine to drive the generator employed for generating the electricity utilized to drive the various instrumentalities of the tipple or an internal combustion engine may be employed for this purpose. lt is also to be understood that the Wheeled platform 16 may be self propelled by means of suitable electric motors or other means or Adjacent the power plant 17 the Wheeled platform 16 is provided with ahopper 18 into which the coal is dumped asmined from the steam shovel S. An elevator 19 is .cmployed to carry the coal from the hopper 18 to the upper of a series of classifying screens, designated generally at 20, and hererEhe elevator 19 is rotatably supported in a conventional manner on a frame 21, the

frame 21 being secured at its lower end to the wheeled platform 16 and being connect-q ed at its upper end to a pair lof masts 22. It is to be understood of course that the elevator 19 is ofconventional construction and is electrically driven in accordance with the usual practice.

'lhe shaker screens 2() constitute the means for classifying or grading the coal, and in the embodiment illustrated three shaker screens are-v employed and are arranged one above the other, there being a top screen, designated generally at 23 for separating the block coal from the egg, nut and slack, a middle screen 24 for separating the egg from the nut and slack, and a bottoln screen 25 for separating 'the nut from the slack.

As shown .in Figure 5 the shaker screen 23 includes a frame havingl tracks 26. -The screening element consists of a metallic plate 27 having perforations 28 admitting of the passage of all sizes of coal except the block size. This screening element 27 is mounted for reciprocatory movelnent on the tracks 26 by means of rollers 29 carried by axles 30- provided on the plate 27. The track 26 may consi-st of angle irons as shown although channel irons', might be lemployed to fatford a/more positive drive if found desirable.

Means is employed for imparting reciprocatory movement to the plate 27 and may comprise an electric motor 31 with which gearing 32 is associated which drives a wheel 33 fixed to a shaft 34 rotatably mounted in bearings 35 and extending transversel below the upperl end ofthe screen 23. disk 36 is also/fixed to the shaft 34 and the wheel 33 and isk 36 carries crank pins 37 which are operatively engaged with connecting rods 38, thelatter being also pivotally connected to arms 39 fixed to and extending laterally from the screening element or plate 27. Y

The screening elements of the shaker screens) 24 and 25 are similarly mounted and reciprocated.

At its lower end the screening element 27` is formed with an imperforate extension 40 providing a chute for delivering the block coal onto a loading conveyor designated generally at 41 and mounted for longitudinal moven'ient or adjustment o-n a boom desig' i nated generally at 42. may be hauled or drawn about as desired.A

'lhc boom 42 is made of structural steel and is of rectangular tubular form. As shown in Figure 2, the boom is supported on one end of the Wheeled platform 16 by means of a. bearing-plate 43 suitably fixed to theplatform 16 and serving as a mounting for a rotatable plate 44 pivotally con-` nectedby means of a pin 45 to the plate 43. The plat-e 44 is secured to the boom 42. An electric motor 46 drives the plate by means of Worm gearing 47. With this arrangement the boom 42 is mounted for swinging movement inl a horizontal plane so that slight curvature in the track 10 may be taken care of. ln addition to the supporting means thus provided for the boom 42 a. plurality of guy lines 5() extend between the masts 22 vand various points along the boom. These guy lines 50 may be separate elements or they may be composed of a single cable trained over pulleys 52 carried by each mast and pulleys 53 mounted on the boom and then Wound on a drum V54 controlled from a motor 55 by means of gearing 56.- Of course such a cable 50 is provided on each side of the boom, there being one cable for each mast 22, and there being a set of pulleys and 53 for each cable.

The conveyor 41 is shown to advantage 1n Figures 6 and 7 and comprises a mam frame 57 and a pivoted section 58. The main frame 57 includes fixed side bars 59 and the pivoted section 58 includes pivoted side bars 60, and these side bars 59 and 60 carry rollers 61 and 62 around which the endless conveyor element 63 runs. As shown to advantage in Figure 6 the pivoted bars 60 are arranged at one end of the Fixed bars 594 and areS pivotally connected to these fixed bars. The inclinanationof the bars 60 with respect to the bars 59 is controlled by means of'a cablev '65 having one end connected to the pivoted sections 58 and having its other end wound about the Winding drum 56 controlled by an electric motor 67 4mountedon the main of an electric motor 68 and gearing 69 between the electric 'motor 68 and the end frame 67 ofthe conveyor, th'wheels 71l run# roller'O overI which the conveyorv element is trained.

The conveyor 41 is mounted `on" the boom 42 for longitudinalmovement in either fdi rection by means of wheels ,71'rotatably mounted on axles v72 carriedfibyfthe main ning on tracks 73 providedon the boomf,42j.

the tracks the cable 74 is trained over guide sheaves 78.

A second cable 79 isfalsofprvided and; has

one end connected as at `80 to`tliev end of the.

conveyor 41 -oppositeft the connection-,75v

of the cable 74, the other e'ndf'of 'the-fc'agtblfj;4 79 being reversely wo'nd'ionthefdrum 76y and the intermediate 'portion'of the cable 79 being trained over guide'sheavesflgQ With .this arrangementwhen'" the winding drum 7 6 is rotated in one direction as'for instance right as viewed in Figure 3. Rotation of' wardly Awithln ,limits the lev I ment-27, the screening elementSG isinolined.-

may be loaded into the car 12 along the en -of -theishaker screen 23 onto t e; *element ofthe' shaker sc:een\`24 e shaker screenf24zbeing disgosedgmniediatelyj shown vto in a counterfclockwise direction, as viewed in Figure 3 the cable 7 4 will'be wound on the drum 76 and the cable'79 will be aid out'v whereby the conveyor 41 is mov to the the' winding drum 76 in a" clockwise irec-L tion causes the cable 79 to be woundonthe drum 76 and the cable 74 to'be paid outand consequently result in the ymovement ofthe conveyor 41'to the left', as viewed in Figure 1. By virtue of this movement and control of the conveyor 41 the block coal which slides onto the conveyor from the chuteA 40" tire length of the car, and asthe 'Swingin section 58 ma be moved upwardl 'dilwn the block coalis delivered to -thec v1:12 i be varied. l ""1": The eggg'nut and slack'fa perforations'28 of the screenin below the shaker screen advantagefin Figure 49, the shakerscreen 24 includes' a screeningelernent 86 inadeflup 'of a. metallic platehaving apertures 87'l of such size as to admitlof the passagefiinitff'an' slack therethrough. `Like the f screeningsele formed Vwith a central ridge? orl deiiectorSS designed to deflect the egg coal intochtes G 89orm`ed atthe sides of the lowerendoflj v. ve'yorsjthegscreening element and terminating. in lnwardly directed extremities 90 which pro-A ject into the boom 42 and deliver the egg coal onto 'a v loadmg'--cozrveycr 'designated 'as atf75A to` one'iend ofithe i fromv the conveyor 10 cal in'construction with the conveyor 41 and generally atl 91. "The conveyor 91 is identi- Y is mounted on the boom-and driven-andl 'controlled in `exactly the same'manner as the -conveyor 41,v theconveyor 91v serving to load the car 11 withegg coal. It is to be noted that the upwardly deiiected ridge 88 and the spaced chutes 89 afford the'neces'saryclear-j i" u ance for the' conveyor 4 1. Of course the chute `4 0 is of lsuiicient length to accommodate themajor portion of. the `movement off;

the travelling ormovable conveyor 41.

The nut and slack coal which fall si: through the openings 87 of the .Screening element 86 drop onto. the screen# shown-to advantage in Figure 8 the screen-l ing element 95 also comprises a metallic' plate having openings or perforations 96 admitting of the passage of the slack therethrough buttoo 'smallvto permit the nut to all through the screening element. 4The 4'aufA ing element 95 of the shaker-screen 25. k..ZAs'

nut coal slides downthe screeningelement ,f

out through A'a lateral chute 97 formed at the lowerend of the screening elementand serving to carry the nut coalover one side.

of thev boom 42 and Vinto a compartment-98 provided 'thereforinthe wheeled platform,.j= f i 16 as shown to ladvantage in Figure 2. j The' slackvvhich `drops lthrough the 'opening96f-;A 1

falls onto an i inclined. delectingy apron l 99lv riveted to the underside #of the' screen 95 boom 42 and into the vcompartment 100pro vided on the wheeled platform 16.. An elevator 101 carries the nutcoal from the comi partment 98l u onto a conveyor 102 carried f by the boom a ong one sideof the top there'- f. Similarly an elevator- 103 carries the `slack yfrom the compartment :.100 up. toma conveyor 104 provided along-thetop ofl the oom 42 on the opposite, 4side'fof.the boorn age' n'l'Figure -44 A.The conveyor 102 delivers henut coal ".mt .the carf14, and 'thisifdcarlfibeing'the y v "end car may loesliiftA throughout length desirable 4*atravellin tr yth,ide livery end 0f .thegfonvyor .110

" ..sar'ne` should beiA found desirablell .f hut'e designated ,at 15.105 -1i n Figur nd.91;f ri. einem@ not however' inunda any Swinging but it'is4 rop'osed. 4drivetheI endl mentoft 'c yor 110 in either directio,

'and serving to deflect the .slack across the y ,portions of the cable 114 being trained over provided Which 'maybe readily moved guide sheaves 115. By shitting the conveyor 110 longitudinally and driving the conveyor so as to cause it toI deliver the slack coal first from one end' and then from the other the car 13 may be loaded for its entirelength.

`With this arrangement the coal' is taken as it is mined and at the place where it is mined and is graded or classilied and the classilied products are immediately loaded into individual cars ready for shipment to the point of use or storage, In this manner the vintermediate haul of the coal as mined from the point at Which it is mined to the stationary plant at which it is graded is eliminated.- Moreover the coal is directly loaded after the grading in such a novel and efficient manner as to occasion a. minimum of handling and so as to permit of continuous operation. These advantages are had and at the Vsame time a portabletipple from place to place 'during the mining operation and from one locality to another.

I claim 1. A portable coal tipple for use With surface mining equipment including a single railway track and a train of cars,thereon designed to receive the classified products from the tipple and comprising a series of shaker screens for classifying and segregating the coal into various grades, an elongated boom extending along and over the cars of the train, means for supporting the boom, and a plurality of loading conveyors mounted one above the other on the 'boom and extending longitudinally thereof,

different loading conveyors receiving the different classiiied products of the screens, different conveyors being of different length and discharging into different-cars of the train so as to simultaneously load the cars of the train with the classified products.

2. A portable coaltipple for use with surface mining equipment including a single railway track and a train of cars thereon i designed to receive the classified products from the tipple and comprising a series of screensl for classlfymg and segregating the coal 1nto various grades,'an elongated boom -extending along and over the cars of the train, means for supporting the boom, for turning ino-vement about a vertical axis, controllable means for turning the boom, and a plurality of loading conveyors mounted one above the' ot11eron.th'e"boomv and e`xtending longitudinally thereof, dierent loading conveyors receiving different classitied products of the screens, diderent conveyors being of different length and discharging into different cars of the train so as to sin'iultaneously load the cars oi" the train with the classified products. Y

3. A portable coal tipple for use with surface mining equipment vincluding a single railway track and a train of'railway cars thereon designed to receive the classilied products from the tipple and comprising a wheeled platform running on said track in end to end rela-tion with respect` to said train and having a hopper designed to receive the coal as it is mined, a series 'of screens, means for supporting the screens on the Wheeled platform above the hopper, an

elevator for carrying the coal from the hop-` per to the series of screens, an elongated boom mounted on the Wheeled platform and extending along and over the cars of the.

'railway track, a train of cars thereon designed to receive the classified products from the tipple and comprising a series of screens for classifying andsegregating the coal into various grades, an elongated boom extendinglongitudinally along and over the cars of the train, means for supporting the boom, a plurality of loading conveyors, means for mounting the conveyors one above the other on the boom for longitudinal adjustment relative thereto, saidconveyors extending longitudinally of the boom, independent means for controlling each loading conveyo;` and for shifting the same longitudinally of the boom, different loading conveyors receiving different classified products from the screens, dllierent conveyors being of differlou4 ent lengths and discharging into different cars of the train so as to simultaneouslyr load the cars of the train with classified product-s.

5. A portable coal tipple for use with surface mining equipment-,including a single railway track, a train of cars thereon designed to recieve the classified products from the tipple and comprising Aa series of screens for classifying and segregating the coal into various grades, an elongated hoorn extending longitudinally along and Aover the cars of the train, means for supporting the boom, a plurality of loading conveyors, means for mounting the conveyors one above the other on the boom for longitudinal adjustment relative thereto, said conveyors extending longitudinally of the boom, independent means for controlling each loading conveyor lengths and discharging into different cars of the 'train so as to simultaneously load the cars of .the train with classified products,

eachof said conveyors having a vertically swingable section embodied therein,` and means for controlling and swinging each of said sections. 4

6. lin a portable'coal tipple for classifying the coal consisting of a series of shaker screens .arranged one above the otherand including a screen for separating the block from the egg, nut and slack, a screen for separating the egg from the nut and slack and a screen forse arating the nut from the slack, the screen i) from the egg, nut and slack having an exor separating the block tension at its forward end constituting a Ichute', `a loading conveyor receiving the block from said chute, the screen for Separating the egg from the nut and slack having a central deiiector at its forward end and also-having extensions at the sides of 'ts forward end providing a pair of chutes, said pair of chutes having inwardly directed extremities, a loading conveyor receivin the egg Vcoal from the inwardly directe extremities of said pair of chutes, the screen for separating the nut from the slack having an inclined and laterally directed its forward end for the nut coal and also ,having an oppositely inclined deflecting apron disposed below the same, and separate chute at means for receiving the nut and slack from the laterally directed chute and from the apron respectively.,

GRovER c. SINGER. 

